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Legendary Surfing Safari

Bitchin' waves be had!

"The Legendary Pacific Coast offers some of the best surfing beaches in Australia as it hugs, weaves and wraps around the pristine coastline covering nearly 1,000kms. From the Central Coast in the south to the Tweed Valley in the north, there are hundreds of beaches to surf. We are excited to share with you our top spots from the people who are lucky enough to live and surf at these destinations each day and every week!"

Surfing is part of our culture and surfing is not just a fad of the 20th century. It’s actually a culture that is thousands of years old but it has only been in the last 100 to 200 years that the history of surfing and surf culture has been explored.

Here in Australia, we are so fortunate to undoubtedly have some of the best uncrowded surfing spots in the world and possess some of the surfing champions of the world and the North Coast has its fair share, Trent Munroe in Nambucca and Mark Richards in Newcastle.

If you’d like to discover the NSW beaches on the National Surfing Reserve list, you’ll find them on The Legendary Pacific Coast at Angourie, near Yamba, at Crescent Head, in the Macleay Valley north of Port Macquarie, at Lennox Head, between Ballina and Byron Bay and including the world-famous Lennox Point break. Merewether Beach is one of Newcastle's iconic surfing beaches, with the reserve stretching two kilometres along the spectacular coastline.

Take the splash and enjoy our Surfing Safari so your road trip is Legendary for you, your mates or your family. We’ve got loads of surf schools listed if you’d like to take the plunge for the first time or even for the experienced surfer! Remember, always take local advice on the waves; “give respect to earn respect".

Umina Beach

Umina Beach offers outstanding views of Bouddi National Park, Lobster Beach and Lion Island Nature Reserve. The beach is a relatively safe surfing beach and there is a rock pool located at the southern end of the beach. The beach backs onto a large grassed Recreation Reserve with a skate ramp, picnic facilities, children’s playground, tennis courts and surf club. Remember to always swim between the flags.

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Avoca Beach

A popular surf beach lined with towering Norfolk Pines, Avoca Beach has a relaxed atmosphere. With consistently good surf conditions that roll in off “The Point” and generally calm patrolled areas close to the surf club, Avoca boasts conditions for everyone in the family. The surrounding cafes provide the perfect beachside view and are the ideal spots to sit back and relax and take in the laid back lifestyle in Avoca.

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Terrigal Beach

One of the best-known beaches on the Central Coast, Terrigal Beach is a cosmopolitan seaside town. Terrigal has magnificent pine trees, alfresco dining and a shopping strip of boutique stores, the place is a hive of activity. The year-round patrolled beach provides a safe swimming environment for the young families. The Haven is the town’s small harbour and is a popular place to dive. No trip to Terrigal would be complete without taking in the view from the top of the Skillion.

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Soldiers Beach

Picturesque Soldiers Beach is one of the few Central Coast beaches to remain untouched from urban development. This spectacular beach is a surfers’ dream and swimmers delight. The beach is flanked on the northern side by the Norah Head Lighthouse which although is no longer manned, continues to guide ships travelling along the coast. Always swim between the flags.

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Wyrrabalong National Park

The park’s two scenic and forest-clad sections of coastline are separated by The Entrance. The southern part has high headlands, cliffs and rock platforms. The north is sandy and protects red gum forest and coastal rainforest. Swim at Tuggerah Beach (north) or Bateau Bay (south). There’s good birdwatching, great surfing and several walking tracks. Visit Crackneck Lookout, ideal for whale watching, or enjoy a walk through the red gum forest. Join a Discovery tour for a special experience.

Munmorah State Conservation Area

12 km of rugged coastline makes a fine site for water sports, coastal walks with magnificent ocean views and wildflower displays in spring. Launch a boat from the ramp at Elizabeth Bay or swim and surf at the beaches (not patrolled, except Frazer Beach which is patrolled during Christmas and Easter holidays). Car-based camping is available at Frazer camping area and car-based and limited caravan camping at Freemans camping area. Join a guide on one of our Discovery tours. The viewing platform is a great location for land-based whale watching.

Catherine Hill Bay

Catherine Hill Bay is a tiny beach village with many old miner’s cottages. It houses a beautiful beach that throws up nice A-frame peaks, it picks up most easterly component swell, though loves a mid-sized SE groundswell. The Bay is also home to a long coal loading jetty at the southern end, symbolising the area’s coal industry history. In a massive swell you do get a wave off a bombie off the jetty. Nature and business confront each other here, residents have been locked in a long running battle to save the Bay, known locally as ‘Catho’, from developers.

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Wallarah National Park

By day you may see swamp wallabies, sea eagles or whales and dolphins off the coast and at night the magnificent powerful owl with prey in its talons. Pinny Beach is a popular fishing, swimming and surfing spot found along the coastal walk from Caves Beach. The walk leads to spectacular vantage points and meanders through a diversity of natural features. Significant Aboriginal sites in the park serve as reminders of the region’s culture and history.

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Merewether Beach

Whilst in the Newcastle, see what the coast has to offer at Merewether Beach. It is a national surfing reserve and includes the Merewether Ocean Baths, the historic Fort Scratchley is not far and has panoramic views over the Pacific Ocean, north of Nobbys Lighthouse headland and the harbour. Home to the annual International Surfest competition, it’s a favourite among surfers due to its challenging surf conditions. Four times world champion surfer Mark Richards learnt to surf here at age five, and can often be seen catching a wave or relaxing on the beach with his family. Ride the wave of surfing culture that characterises Newcastle and join the locals and take a dip in the nearby art deco Newcastle Ocean Bath.

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Nobbys Beach

Perhaps Newcastle’s highest profile beach, Nobbys Beach is the site of the famous Pasha Bulker cargo ship grounding during aggressive storms in June 2007. A walk along nearby Macquarie’s Pier features the Harbour break-wall and Nobby’s Lighthouse, making it the perfect vantage point to watch 300m cargo ships come into port. Nobbys Beach is a popular surfing beach and a favoured swimming spot for family groups. It’s also gaining popularity among kite surfers whose aerial acrobatics are adding colour and movement to the city seascape.

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Stockton Beach

Stockton Beach is a short ferry ride away from Newcastle and offers sweeping views across the Stockton Bight to Port Stephens. With the largest sand dunes in the southern hemisphere, Stockton Beach is a popular spot for sand board riding and 4WD tours. The nearby Shipwreck walk along Stockton Break-wall features a number of shipwrecks dating back as far as 1928. Among the sand dunes is the famous Tin City, built as a base for shipwrecked sailors. The Tin City was also used to shoot a number of scenes in the 1979 movie Mad Max.

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Anna Bay

Anna Bay is home to some very popular surf breaks. Birubi Beach is part of the incredible 34km stretch of Stockton Beach and offers a great break in the far north corner. One Mile beach has a clean, crisp right hand point break with the adjacent Samurai Beach offering a year round, top class left hand point break. Both One Mile Beach and Birubi Beach are patrolled over summer with Samurai Beach accessible by 4WD only.

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Fingal Bay

Fingal Bay is a south- east facing 1.5km wide almost circular shape beach with a 1km wide rocky entrance between Point Stephens and Fingal Head. The beach is patrolled all over the summer months with the break working best during a south-east swell. Fingal Bay is very popular year round with families and novice surfers and is a very beautiful beach surrounded by National Park.

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Box Beach

Box Beach is powerful and a popular break for surfers of all inclinations but particularly so for body boarders. Home of the annual Box Beach Pro, this wave is a world-renowned breeding ground of body boarding talent due to its heavy and wedging nature. It’s perfect for deep thick barrels and boosting big stylish aerials. Box Beach is accessed via the car park at the far end of Shoal Bay. This beach is not patrolled and can be quite dangerous during heavy seas.

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Seal Rocks

Seal Rocks is one of those secret spots that have been attracting surfers for decades. This unique location has both north and south facing beaches. This means there is always a wave to be found. No 1 Beach, north facing, has a great right hander off the rocky headland that offers long rides. Lighthouse and Treachery Beach, south facing, are known for generating epic waves when swell rolls in. Beachside camping grounds provide a perfect base to spend days exploring these waves.

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Booti Booti National Park

Wallis Lake and beautiful beaches offer excellent opportunities for water activities. The lookout tower on Cape Hawke offers 360° views over Booti Booti and Wallingat national parks, the foothills of the Barrington Tops, Seal Rocks and Crowdy Bay. Cape Hawke has one of the State’s most significant stands of coastal rainforest. Wallis Lake is popular for boating and windsurfing. Uncover something new on one of our Discovery tours. There’s also car-based and caravan camping at The Ruins.

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Pacific Palms

Wedged between the ocean and Wallis Lake, Pacific Palms is both a marvel and a treasure. The beaches of the Palms, Boomerang, Bluey’s, Elizabeth and 7-Mile Beach are blessed with their own postcard waves shaped by prominent headlands. Often visited by cheeky dolphins that love showing the rest of us how surfing should really be done, this part of the NSW coast has remained miraculously undeveloped. There’s no high-rise, nightclub or casino in sight, making it the perfect place for an uncrowded back to nature ‘soul surfer’ experience.

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One Mile Beach, Forster

One Mile Beach is a great surfing spot for beginners and advanced, close to Forster. It can be accessed at a number of points but is probably best reached at the southern end off Underwood Road. This end of the beach is overlooked by Palm Grove Park, which has children’s play areas and a host of amenities. It is also the location of the Cape Hawk Surf Club. The beach is popular with swimmers but can be potentially hazardous owing to the prominent and persistent rips. At the northern end is a large sand dune popular with kids year round and on the southern end there is a cave and rock shelf.

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Saltwater Point

Saltwater Beach is a 1.4km southeast-facing beach between the low northern Saltwater (or Wallabi Point) and the southern more prominent 18m high head, also called Wallabi Point, and officially known as Wallabi Beach. The surf at the southern headland is called Uggs Reef by the younger surfers and Green Point by the older surfers. Between the two points is the gently curving east facing beach with waves averaging 1.5m which maintain a double bank system, with the inner bank usually cut by eight rips, together with permanent rips against both heads.

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Saltwater National Park

This small coastal reserve east of Taree has been a popular recreational spot for over a century. Before that, it was an Aboriginal seasonal camp for thousands of years. The park conserves rare coastal rainforest and wetlands. It has two swimming beaches and a spectacular headland. Saltwater Point has spectacular views over the beaches and the Pacific Ocean. A great place for a panoramic shot! Walking tracks lead through the reserve and into adjoining Khappinghat Nature Reserve.

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Crowdy Bay National Park

Beautiful beaches north and south of Diamond Head. Australian author Kylie Tennant spent time living and writing here and her hut has been restored. At low tide you can explore the coastline. There’s good fishing, birdwatching and fascinating headland walks with abundant wildlife. Local wildlife is frequently seen in the camping area at Diamond Head. Car-based and caravan camping is available at Diamond Head, Indian Head, Kylies Beach and Crowdy Gap. Discover something new with our Discovery tours.

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Crowdy Bay

At 14.8km long, Crowdy Beach starts at the rocks that barely separate it from Kylies Beach and trends due southwest, until 4km from Crowdy Head. At Crowdy Bay it curves around and actually faces northwest against the head. All but the southern 3kms lie in the Crowdy Head National Park. Most of the beach is exposed to waves averaging 1.6m and has a double bank system, with rips cutting the usually attached inner bank, then a deep trough and the outer bank. Towards the south, Crowdy Head and the outer bank merge with the inner resulting in a wide, low gradient surf zone.

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Rainbow Beach, Bonny Hills

The waves at Rainbow Beach are at their best with an east or south swell up to 3m and winds west to south west, however light to moderate south east winds work well too. The beach has a variety of breaks from the typical beach breaks to point breaks and you can usually find some great surfing talent here. Rainbow Beach is one of the most popular beaches on the coast with a large park, toilet facilities, eateries and plenty of parking.

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Town Beach

Town Beach is situated closest to the heart of Port Macquarie and has facilities and parking. The waves of up to 2.5m cater for all abilities of surfers with a variety of surfing options. The best conditions are when winds are from the south west to south and light to moderate north to north east winds work well too. The swell direction depending on which one of the breaks you surf, work best in easterly swells, but can handle north east and south swells.

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Lighthouse Beach

Lighthouse Beach is the summer saviour with protection from the summer north easterlies. The beach faces south and picks up all available swell so it’s great for the intermediate surfer and above, with short powerful rides. However the beach can be dangerous and strong rips and currents occur. Lighthouse Beach is best in north west to north east winds with waves under 2m, yet has been surfed in the 3m+ size. Being a beach break it is entirely dependent on the sandbanks.

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Surfaris Surf Camp

About an hour north of Port Macquarie, learn to surf with Surfaris surf camp located at beautiful Crescent Head in the Macleay Valley, just 5 hours north of Sydney. It is an amazing and natural experience where Surfaris has been running surf tours for 20 years and put their hearts into teaching you how to surf. With access to 12 different surf breaks all in uncrowded nature filled National Parks, you will enjoy the scenery, be up and surfing in no time and having loads of fun!

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Killick Beach, Crescent Head

Crescent Head has a world famous point break. It has the potential for producing long, easy right-handers that start over the boulders that border the golf course and run on across the sand banks at the creek’s mouth to hold up for 300-400m. The point works best up to 2-3m with east to southeast swell, with southerly winds blowing offshore. Beach breaks abound up the beach when the point is not working. At the far northern end there are often good breaks off Hungry Head, popular during summer north-easterlies.

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South Smoky Beach

South Smoky Beach stretches from the base of Smoky Cape to the Korogoro Point and the village of Hat Head in the south. This beach is a popular swimming location at Hat Head with Korogoro Creek and the beach. Paddle out to Flat Rock further around Hat Hill towards Korogoro Point. Both the beach break and the one at Flat Rock are right hand breaks, protected by the easterlies. For a challenging break head to the northern end of this beach, where sand banks create beach breaks with both left and right hand waves.

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Hat Head National Park

A rich coastal environment with superb views from Hat Head and Smoky Cape. Historic Smoky Cape Lighthouse offers tours and accommodation in the assistant lighthouse-keeper’s cottages. Captain Cook Lookout has wheelchair access, and there’s a picnic area at Smoky Cape. It’s a great place to spot whales. Car-based and camper-trailer camping are available at Smoky Beach and also at Hungry Gate camping area south of Hat Head. Join a guide for a special insight on one of our Discovery tours.

Delicate Nobby

Access to Delicate Nobby is via the Goolawah Regional Park, Delicate Campground. Take Baker Drive south of Crescent Head which becomes a dirt road: Point Plomer Road. Delicate Nobby is a rock formation that protrudes from the beach splitting the waves in either direction when there is an easterly swell. The north side of the rock formation at Delicate Nobby is best suited to south winds. The south side of the rock formation is best suited to north to north easterly winds.

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Main Beach, Nambucca Heads

Nambucca Head’s most popular beach, Main Beach is a family friendly beach with summer surf lifesaving patrols and a Surf Club located only meters from the breaking waves. The Surf Club is family friendly and the locals welcome visitors. The best surfing conditions are with the west to south west winds and a south east swell. This location is good for beginners when the swell is small however, if experienced surfers want a memorable surfing experience, it also handles large swells for skilled surfers.

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The Nambucca V Wall

As you stroll along the waterfront at Nambucca Heads, see the creative marks left along the famous V-Wall. Celebrate the resident artists and crafts people with visits to museums, galleries and markets in Nambucca.

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Valla Beach

Located just north of Nambucca, this area is quiet and uncrowded, perfect for beach walks either to Nambucca Heads or Hungry Head. Excellent conditions for fishing, experienced board riders, para-sailing, sail boarding and sea kayaks. There are BBQ and picnic areas and only South Valla Beach is patrolled during the summer months. Surf conditions when there’s a small swell are good for beginners however on heavy swells experienced surfers only.

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Scotts Head Point

This north facing crescent shaped beach is a well know family favourite. The point is a favourite spot for the malibu’s, wave-skiers and beginners. Conditions are best in the winter months but still popular in summer. The Surf Club is located in the Scotts Head Point Reserve with surf patrols on weekends in the summer months. There are small swells great for beginners, however the point does handle heavy swells but for experienced surfers. Protected south to south west winds and south to easterly swells for best surfing conditions.

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Coffs Coast Regional Park

Coffs Coast Regional Park spans 26km, from just north of Coffs Harbour Marina to Arrawarra Beach. It’s broken up into a number of sections that are mostly accessible from the Pacific Highway, so it’s easy for a daytrip and a convenient spot to stretch your legs on a long drive. The largest sections of the park are at Diggers, Beach Arrawarra, and Woolgoolga. Go fishing, birdwatching or bodyboarding, walk your dog or find a picnic spot for a family barbecue.

Sawtell Island

10 minutes south of Coffs Harbour is the village of sunny Sawtell, where on the southern end of the main patrolled beach, Sawtell Island provides some protection in the instance that there is southerly winds or large seas offering a fast and quality right hander suitable for all craft. Beach breaks further north along the beach consistently collect more swell and provide a range of options for all riders. Sawtell village offers shops, coffee houses and many restaurants.

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Park Beach

Coffs Coast’s main patrolled beach intersected by the lovely Coffs Creek with Little Muttonbird Island in front, offers a beautiful setting for surfing. The rides are predominantly rights at the southern end of the beach (which locals refer to as Parky), but left and right beach breaks can be found further along the stretch up to Macauleys to the northern end, which offers quality lefthanders and is home to the regional and state surfing titles. Park Beach is a great spot for canoeing, sea kayaking, stand up paddle boarding and jet skiing.

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Soldiers Beach

17km north of Coffs Harbour is the picturesque village of Emerald Beach. Framed by Moonee Nature Reserve and three different but great beaches are a couple of surf breaks. Emerald front beach offers a beach break for all levels of surfers with both left and right peaks and a sandy bottom. If the winds are coming from the north, drive two streets over and you’ll come to Shelly’s Beach on the other side of Look at Me Now Headland, home to 50 resident kangaroos and wallabies. A quality lefthander, which can handle reasonable sized swells.

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Diggers Beach

Over the headland from Park Beach is the ever-popular Diggers Beach. It’s perfectly located right across the road from Coffs Harbour’s Big Banana. Wide and sheltered, Diggers makes for a lovely spot for a surf. The beach has a more northern aspect than Park Beach, providing quality waves in most conditions. It’s not only visitors who love this beach either; it’s a favourite among locals for surfing. Other facilities at Diggers include a beach picnic area, children’s playground and family BBQs.

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Arrawarra

Arrawarra Headland is a 30minute drive north of Coffs Harbour and a site of Aboriginal cultural significance, as well as a site of surfing cultural significance for the longboard community. The headland offers a rock and sand break that can handle large swells, offers protection from southerly winds, and is an ideal wave for Malibu’s and stand up paddleboard surfing. It’s also worth checking out the fish traps built into the natural rock formations centuries ago by the local Garby tribe.

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Yamba Main Beach

Situated in the heart of the heart of Yamba, Main Beach is a popular surfing beach. Home to the one of the oldest Surf Lifesaving Clubs in NSW, the beach is patrolled during the spring NSW holidays, December and January school holidays and autumn NSW school holidays.

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Turners Breakwall

Turners Beach is wedged between the southern Clarence River entrance wall and Clarence Head. Like Lighthouse Beach at the mouth of the Richmond it is a new beach formed since the construction of the entrance walls in 1903. The beach is 375m in length, backed by the training wall then a grassed area. Waves reaching the beach are slightly smaller as they refract around Clarence Head and Yamba Point, resulting in moderate waves. A permanent rips runs out against the southern rocks, while a stronger rips flows out against the training wall.

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Angourie National Surfing Reserve

Listed as Australia’s first National Surfing Reserve, the famous Angourie point-breaks sweep onto rocks and can be dangerous for inexperienced board riders. There are many kilometres of open beaches surrounding Angourie which is also renowned for its fresh water Blue & Green Pools, originally a rock quarry that filled with water when a spring was disturbed. The pools are very deep and are a very popular swimming spot. Angourie was the first gazetted National Surfing Reserve in NSW. Go for a walk, swim or surf on one of these beautiful beaches and see for yourself why Angourie is regarded as “the home of soul surfing”. The flat, boulder-strewn headland has been an important meeting place for the Yaegl people for generations who named the place Angourie, which translated to ‘the sound of the wind’.

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Pippi Beach

Pippi Beach is an idyllic location to soak up the sun and enjoy the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean. It is a popular surfing beach which has a large number of enthusiastic surfing competitors turn up for the annual ‘Pippi Beach Surf Classic’. Pippi is patrolled by the local surf club in season. Fishing off the rock shelf on the northern end at Yamba Point and the southern end at Flat Rock, is another popular pastime for locals and visitors. Picnic tables, parking and toilet facilities are all available. Southern Pippi Beach is also a leash free area for dogs.

There is good access, parking and a reserve at the northern end, though few facilities other than a toilet block, with an aboriginal community behind the centre and crown land to the south. The beach faces southeast and extends for 1.6 km from Yamba to Barri points. It receives waves averaging 1.6 m, which maintain a double bar system. The inner bar is usually attached and either continuous or cut by rips every 200-300 m. A deep trough and outer bar lie outside the first break. The northern end is patrolled by lifeguards during the summer holidays.

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Convent Beach Yamba

Convent Beach is located inside Yamba Point and is a narrow 100 m long beach backed by vegetated bluffs rising to blufftop houses. Access is from the backing road with street parking and a walking track from the southern end of the beach to Yamba Head. The beach usually receives waves averaging 0.5 m, which break across a wide low tide terrace. Rips only occur during higher waves. Boulders also line the back of the beach and occur in the surf.

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Frazer Reef

Frazer Reef is a curving 100 m long beach wedged in between Middle Bluff and the low Frazer Reef. It can be reached from the Frazer Reef Picnic Area located towards the northern end of adjoining Bluff Beach. Both headlands and surrounding reef reduce wave energy sufficiently to form a steep lower energy reflective beach. While waves are usually low at the shore, be careful on the offshore reefs and adjacent rock platforms.

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Evans Head

The South Ballina Wall breaks best during summer north-easterlies and can be great if the banks are right. Beach breaks of variable quality extend down the entire beach to Evans Head, where the north wall, at Evans Head can produce some good breaks. The good news for surfers is Airforce Beach, Main Beach and Shark Bay at Evans Head have been praised for being consistently the cleanest beaches in NSW.

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Bluff Beach Iluka

Iluka’s Bluff Beach is a glorious location to visit and enjoy. The picnic area has a whale watching platform that offers a vantage point with 360 degree views along the coast and inland over the treetops of the World Heritage Listed Iluka Nature Reserve Rainforest.

This is the most popular surfing beach of the five, owing to the reasonable access from the car park located at both ends, and the moderate waves which produce a single attached bar. The southern end has a large car park and is patrolled by lifeguards during the summer holidays. Bluff Beach offers car parking, picnic tables, toilets, information displays and access to the Iluka Nature Reserve Rainforest walk. The 2.5 kilometre walking track will guide you through the diverse ecosystem of the largest remaining stand of Littoral rainforest in NSW.

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Iluka Main Beach

Iluka Beach is a straight 2.5 km long beach located between Iluka Bluff and the northern Clarence River entrance wall. The wall was initially constructed in 1901 and extended in 1965. Access is provided from the northern Iluka Bluff car park and the southern car park that runs out from Iluka township to the beach and entrance wall.

This is a moderately hazardous beach and is popular with surfers who enjoy the break along the entrance wall. The beach is well exposed to the southeast waves, which generate a double bar system. The usually attached inner bar is cut by two permanent rips against the bluff and the wall, while up to ten rips form along the beach. A deep trough and rip dominated offshore bar lie further seaward. The Iluka Nature Reserve backs the northern half of the beach.

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Summerland Surf School

Safe, fun and professionally run surf lessons at one of the best learn to surf beaches on the North Coast of NSW, friendly coaches give your child personal attention to make each lesson an enjoyable experience and surf safety included in each lesson.

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Lennox Head Point

Lennox Head is known for its panoramic views, its world-class point break and to many youth, for the Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation camp and the annual Oz Grom surfing contest. While Lennox Head itself is a world-class right-hander breaking along the basalt boulders, the area is definitely for the experienced surfer. The point works well from 1-3 m, but can hold even higher sets.

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Lets Go Surfing Byron Bay

Australia’s greatest surfing experience on Australia’s greatest beaches! Join the world famous, locally loved Let’s Go Surfing team of professional surf instructors for a premium small group, safe and fun lesson. Let’s Go Surfing is perfect for families, couples or adventure seekers. Small group lessons run 365 days per year with private and special kid’s lessons available. All equipment is provided.

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Broken Head

On the southern side of the Cape Byron lighthouse is Tallow Beach. This beach stretches all the way from Cosy Corner, directly under the lighthouse, curving gently south for 6.5km to Broken Head. For the most part, the waves here are larger and more challenging. Although protected from the northeast sea breeze, for most of the year there are no beach patrols and the rip here is often very strong. The slightly sheltered Broken Head usually has the lower waves, but even here pulses of sand moving slowly around Broken Head produce a variable beach and surf zone.

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Surfing the Bundjalung

Surfing the Bundjalung is Australia’s only Indigenous Surf School and hands-on coastal cultural experience. We are dedicated to giving you the unique opportunity to experience our progressive culture by making and learning to play your very own didjeridoo or enjoying a mobile surf adventure. All the while, learning about Australia’s first peoples dreamtime and how we used to live with the land and it’s unique inhabitants. It is a truly unique, relaxed and fun time!

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Byron Main Beach

For beginners, the bay itself is the most suitable spot as it’s the most protected Byron Bay surf area and also the closest to town. The bay comprises a number of breaks – Belongil, The Wreck (see information under Byron Belongil Beach), Main Beach, Clarkes, and The Pass (going from north to south – actually east). Main Beach is dominated by the Surf Club and is patrolled in summer. Most waves reaching the beach have to refract around Cape Byron resulting in a decrease in wave height toward the Cape and generally less hazardous swimming conditions.

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Byron Belongil Beach

This is the beach to the north (west) of Main Beach in front of the town of Byron Bay, and includes The Wreck, named because of the wreck SS Wollongbar lying in the sand. The beach has an attached inner bank which is cut by rips every few hundred metres during and following periods of high waves, with the rips filling in under lower waves. Variable beach breaks decreasing in height to south, depend on prevailing conditions. Sand banks around The Wreck of the SS Wollongbar, just north of the seawall can produce a good right during larger swell.

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Kingscliff/Dreamtime

In front of the Bowling Club is a popular spot in Kingscliff, while at Cudgen Reef fast rights are often formed and is for experienced surfers only. The beach is backed by low dunes for most of its length, providing a natural appearance and you will find a sand point style break near the river mouth. There is a reef in front of the river which has fishing grounds and some breaks which can be very shallow.

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Cabarita Foreshore Trail, Norries Headland

From the Tweed Coast village of Cabarita, a picturesque beachside bush walk leads to Norries Headland. Uninterrupted ocean views ensure that, if there’s a whale out there, you’ll certainly see it! Along the way, you can also admire the prowess of Australia’s best surfers who rate the headland point breaks as one of their favourites.

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Norrie’s Head (Cabarita Beach)

Cabarita, situated on the coast road, is a small township with beach breaks along the open stretches and Norries Headland, which offers a long right hand intermediate level point break. There is great beach and rock fishing in this area is particularly good for children in the rivers and estuaries around Hastings Point which is excellent for boating, canoeing and fishing.

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Snapper Rocks, Rainbow Bay/Coolangatta

Rainbow Bay and adjoining Snapper Rocks Beach are the southernmost beaches in Queensland. When the banks are right, the two beaches can combine to produce a classic, long, easy right-hander, that at times has been known to reach adjoining Coolangatta Beach. There are usually reasonable waves that are popular with the surfers during southerlies, when the winds blow offshore.

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The Hurley Surfing Australia High Performance Centre (HPC)

HPC is the world’s first facility dedicated to the development of elite surfers and coaches. Featuring education facilities, surf specific gym, auditorium, treatment room, accomm for 22 and has been designed in consultation with the AIS. The HPC is not just for elite surfers, it’s for any surfer who wants to dramatically boost their ability level. If you’re motivated to become a better surfer, we have private surf coaching – 2 hour, half day and full day, two, three, four and five day surf camps, specialty camps, surfing squads, international coaching programs and Pro surfer camps.

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Southern Gold Coast Beaches

The Southern Gold Coast is where you will find some of the world’s most iconic surf beaches and breaks – including Currumbin, Kirra and Snapper Rocks. With clean, golden sand, easy beach access and perfect water temperatures year round, it’s the ideal destination for anyone who loves to surf.

Currumbin offers the best of both worlds. The rolling surf of Currumbin Alley is perfect for beginners and learners; and on the other side of Currumbin Rock, Currumbin beachfront offers a consistent wave for more advanced surfers. Currumbin was recently named Australia’s Cleanest Beach, and is perfect for beach walks, with a patrolled area for swimming in the clear blue waters.

Tugun and Bilinga offer long, wide stretches of sandy beach; perfect for a swim, run or stroll. Surfers can take their pick of the many banks along this straight section of beachfront.

Kirra is the spiritual home of surfing on the Gold Coast, and if the surf’s pumping, Kirra is the place to be. The local surfing spot of greats including Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew and Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo, Kirra has a reputation for producing challenging barrels, and also smaller waves for beginners.

Greenmount Beach at the southern end of Coolangatta is a calm beach area, relatively protected by a headland to the south so it’s perfect for families with young children or those who prefer calmer swimming conditions.

Rainbow Bay and Snapper Rocks are world renowned surfing spots. Snapper Rocks, the Gold Coast’s Super Bank, is the home of the first event on the ASP World Tour calendar – the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro.

Froggies is a well-known body boarding wave and a local favourite for its rocky, secluded beach. More than twenty years ago, one of the ‘frog shaped’ rocks became a landmark when someone painted it green. You’ll find Froggies by following the path south from Snapper Rocks.

Point Danger marks the border between Queensland and New South Wales and is a vantage point for one of the region’s most famous surf breaks – Duranbah or D’bah for short.